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Use the SADP Tool to Quick Initialize LAN Devices

The SADP tool helps installers complete the activation and basic configurations of all LAN (local area network) devices, link network camera channels to the NVR, add devices to Hik-Partner Pro, and hand over the devices to customers. Most of these are done automatically and all are done smoothly, with just the Hik-Partner Pro Mobile Client, and no need for a computer or monitor, which greatly increases the installers' work efficiency.

SADP Tool Overview

Step 1: Prepare the Devices and Connect Your Phone to the LAN

To use the SADP tool on the Mobile Client, make sure the devices are powered on and connected to the LAN, and you should connect your phone to the same LAN as the devices' via Wi-Fi or adapter.

Figure 1 Prepare Devices

Step 2: Search for Devices on LAN

After you log in to the Hik-Partner Pro Mobile Client and when your phone is connected to the LAN, the SADP tool will search for LAN devices in the background automatically and constantly.

  • The tool tests and displays the ping values and levels in real time. Higher ping means poorer connectivity between the device and your phone. When the ping is high, remote configuration, live view, and playback may fail. Icons of different colors indicate different ping levels:

    • : Less than 50 ms

      You can use the SADP tool to conduct device operations and configurations smoothly.

    • : 50 ms to 200 ms

      Some of your operations or configurations may fail.

    • : More than 200 ms

      The connection between the device and your phone is likely to fail.

  • When the SADP tool detects unactivated devices (except for alarm devices) on the LAN, the window of unactivated devices will pop up.

    Figure 2 Pop-up Window of Unactivated Devices

Step 3: Initialize a Single Device or Batch Initialize Devices

You can use the SADP tool to initialize NVRs, network cameras (including PTZ cameras and thermal cameras), DVRs, access control devices, video intercom devices, Hik-ProConnect boxes, and network switches.

    • Activate a single device: Tap Activate on the SADP page or the pop-up window of an unactivated device.

    • Batch activate devices: Tap > Batch Activate on the SADP page, select devices to activate, and tap Next. Or tap Activate on the pop-up window of the unactivated devices.

  2. In the pop-up window, the default password and verification code (if any) will be filled in automatically. Otherwise, set both and you can choose to check Set as Default Password and Verification Code.

  3. Tap Next to enter the Device Initialization page which includes the following automatic configurations:

    Table 1 Configurations Automatically Done During the Initialization

    Configurations

    NVR

    Network Cameras

    Other Devices

    Activate Device

    √

    The SADP tool checks for device batch issues during the activation.

    Configure Network

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    DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol) is enabled automatically for the NVR so that IP addresses, gateway addresses, subnet masks, and DNS addresses can be assigned automatically to the NVR. Then, it performs ping tests to ensure accurate network settings for stable communication between your phone and the device.

    √

    For network cameras, DHCP is disabled automatically, in case IP address changes lead to the device going offline.

    √

    • For network switches (except for EI-series switches) and all DVRs, DHCP is enabled automatically.

    • For other devices, DHCP status will be synchronized from the default device settings.

    • After the IP address is set automatically, the tool performs ping tests to ensure accurate network settings for stable communication between your phone and the device

    Check Firmware Update

    √

    √

    √

    Sync Device Time With Phone Time

    √

    √

    √

    Initialize HDD / SD Cards

    √

    The HDDs or SD cards will be initialized automatically if any and if they are new and not initialized. If there are data stored on the HDDs and SD cards, they will not be initialized.

    Others

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    Cameras can be auto added to the NVR.

    • Motion Detection 2.0 is enabled automatically. All the area is set as the detection area, and Notify Surveillance Center is enabled.

    • The encoding format is set. If the device supports the Smart H.265+ encoding and the current format is the Smart H.264+ encoding, then the Smart H.265+ encoding is enabled automatically.

    The Hik-Connect service will be automatically enabled if it is supported by the device.

  4. Tap Complete Initialization. For NVRs, after the initialization completes, it will enter the channel-adding process, the channel-sorting process, and then the device-adding process. (If the device is a PoE NVR and the PoE channels are enabled by default, it will directly enter the device adding process.)

(Optional) Step 4: Configure and Manage NVR / DVR / Network Camera Channels Using the SADP Tool

The SADP tool allows you to configure and manage channels of NVRs, DVRs, and network cameras during live view. You can set image parameters, video parameters, and other more parameters while checking on the live view image. Moreover, you can edit the channel information (channel name, IP address, management port, user name, and password), sort channels, add channels, and delete channels.

Note

The available parameters and operations vary according to the device capability.

Tap or > Live View on the device card of an NVR / DVR / network camera.

Figure 3 Channel Management on the Live View page
Table 2 Common Configurations

Parameters

Descriptions

Scene Direction

Select the rotating direction of the camera.

OSD Settings

Set whether to display the camera and time information on the video, and way they are displayed.

Backlight Settings
Backlight Compensation (BLC)

Select a BLC Area where the light is too strong to reduce exposure of this area, thus increasing the exposure of other dark areas.

Wide Dynamic Range (WDR)

By enabling Wide Dynamic Range (WDR), you can have proper brightness on both the darker and brighter parts of the image.

Highlight Compensation (HLC)

Highlight compensation (HLC) is a setting that allows your camera to compensate for brighter parts of your image by reducing the brightness.

Stream Type

Main stream usually offers the best resolution and frame rate the device can do, but it needs larger storage space and higher bandwidth requirements.

Bitrate Type

The compression speed of constant bitrate is fast with the constant bitrate, but mosaic may occur across the image. The compression speed of variable bitrate is slower than that of the constant bitrate, but it guarantees the image quality of complex scenes.

Frame Rate

A higher frame rate is advantageous when there is movement in the video stream, as it guarantees the image quality throughout. Note that a higher frame rate requires higher bandwidth and larger storage space.
Table 3 Other NVR-Related Configurations

Operations

Descriptions

Add Channels to Activated NVR

Tap > Auto Add / Manually Select.

Sort NVR Channels
Note

Channel sorting is only supported only by some NVR models.

    • Enter the Sort Channels page.

      • After you add channels to an NVR, and if the total number of channels of the NVR is more than 1, you will enter the Sort Channels page automatically.

      • If the total number of channels of an NVR is more than 1, and you have not sorted the channels, you will be prompted to sort channels in the device card view. Tap the prompt to enter the Sort Channels page.

  2. Drag and drop the channels to sort them, and tap Complete to finish sorting.

(Optional) Step 5: Configure Other Devices Using the SADP Tool

Refer to the On-Site Configure Devices Using the SADP Tool / via the Site page.

Other Common Operations Using the SADP Tool

Operations

Descriptions

Manage Default Device Password

On the top right of the SADP page, tap > Manage Default Device Password to set a default device password and a default verification code.

Edit IP Addresses

Tap > Edit IP Address on a device card to edit the IP address of a single device, or tap > Batch Edit IP Addresses to batch edit the IP addresses of multiple devices.

You can enable DHCP to automatically assign the IP address, gateway address, subnet mask, and DNS address, or disable DHCP to set them manually.

When you set the subnet mask manually, you can select from a list of recommended subnet masks, thus avoiding any invalid values you may enter.

Restore and Reboot Devices

To restore or reboot devices, tap or > Restore Device on a device card to restore a single device, or tap > Batch Restore/Reboot to batch restore or reboot multiple devices.
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  • SADP Tool Overview
  • Step 1: Prepare the Devices and Connect Your Phone to the LAN
  • Step 2: Search for Devices on LAN
  • Step 3: Initialize a Single Device or Batch Initialize Devices
  • (Optional) Step 4: Configure and Manage NVR / DVR / Network Camera Channels Using the SADP Tool
  • (Optional) Step 5: Configure Other Devices Using the SADP Tool
  • Other Common Operations Using the SADP Tool